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Nepal hospital battles flood emergency with no power or network
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Nepal hospital battles flood emergency with no power or network

From OnlineKhabar English · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Rasuwa Hospital in Nepal is facing immense challenges treating flood and landslide victims due to a lack of electricity and network connectivity.
  • Health workers are struggling to manage a large influx of seriously injured patients, with limited generator fuel and intermittent mobile service.
  • Despite the difficulties, hospital staff are working together, and supplies from the Ministry of Health and WHO have arrived, ensuring immediate needs are met for now.

Health workers at Rasuwa Hospital in Nepal are working under extreme duress to treat a surge of patients injured in recent floods and landslides, facing critical shortages of electricity and network service. Helicopters have been a constant presence, bringing in the injured and evacuating displaced individuals.

Suddenly, a huge number of injured people came in yesterday. There were patients who had been buried under landslides. Many had broken arms and legs, head and facial injuries, and severe injuries in various other parts of the body.

— Dr. Amit PrajapatiDescribing the influx of patients following the disaster.

Dr. Amit Prajapati, the hospital's medical superintendent, described the situation as incredibly difficult, with many patients arriving in serious condition, some buried under landslides. The hospital treated 53 patients on Wednesday and 10 on Thursday, referring critical cases to Kathmandu and discharging those with minor injuries. As of Thursday evening, four patients remained admitted.

We’re running the generator right now, but the fuel is almost gone. We don’t know how many more days it will take for the power to come back. If fuel isn’t arranged, treatment services themselves could be affected.

— Dr. Amit PrajapatiHighlighting the critical fuel shortage for the hospital's generator.

The hospital's generator is running on dwindling fuel reserves, raising concerns about the continuity of treatment services. Mobile network service, which only began intermittently on Thursday afternoon, offers little relief. "We don't know how many more days it will take for the power to come back. If fuel isn't arranged, treatment services themselves could be affected," Dr. Prajapati stated.

Nothing is easy in a disaster. There’s no power, no network. It was hard to manage the injured coming in under these conditions, but everyone worked together and we managed.

— Dr. Amit PrajapatiReflecting on the challenges and the team's efforts during the emergency.

Despite the overwhelming conditions, the hospital staff have shown remarkable resilience. "Nothing is easy in a disaster," Dr. Prajapati acknowledged. "There's no power, no network. It was hard to manage the injured coming in under these conditions, but everyone worked together and we managed." Medicine, equipment, and staffing levels are currently adequate for immediate needs, with support arriving from the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, and a team from Bir Hospital.

For now, we’re okay in terms of manpower, medicine, and equipment.

— Dr. Amit PrajapatiAssessing the current resource availability at the hospital.
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Originally published by OnlineKhabar English in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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